ISLAMABAD – The government has revised the petroleum prices for the month of December.

Addressing news conference in Islamabad on Wednesday, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said the prices of kerosene oil and light diesel oil have been kept unchanged, while petrol and high-speed diesel prices have been increased.

He said petrol prices have been increased by two rupees per litre against OGRA’s proposal for 4.01 rupees per litre. Similarly, high-speed diesel price has been increased by 2.70 rupees per litre against OGRA’s proposal for 5.41 rupees per litre.

The minister said the government will bear the addition burden of over four billion rupees.